Yokohama is an interesting combination of old and new. (Photo: Tomoko Kamishima)

Yokohama's Aka-renga Park

Yokohama Bay Area Parks 4

Tomoko Kamishima   - 1 min read

There are six pleasant parks alongside Yokohama Bay. Aka-renga Park is a park that surrounds the Red Brick Warehouses that were built between 1911 and 1913. Those warehouses were facilities belonging to Yokohama Customs until 1989. Now they have been completely restored as a popular and cool shopping mall. The mall consists of a concert hall, art gallery, restaurants, and lots of nice shops. And in the park, people come together to enjoy seasonal events such as dance performances, concerts, flea markets, motor shows, an Oktoberfest, and so on. An index of this series is here.

Tomoko Kamishima

Tomoko Kamishima @tomoko.kamishima

Japan is a small island nation, but we have a huge number of surprising things to discover here. Many of these delights can be found when you step off the main street onto small side paths. I really enjoy studying about and researching various aspects of traditional Japanese culture, and then sha...